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CORNER STAY PORTRUNKS, BOXES, 650.

No. 296,444. Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

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PARDON T. PERKINS, OF OSWEGO, NEYV YORK.

CORNER-STAY FOR TRUNKS, BOXES, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,444, dated April 8, 1884. Application filed October 31,1233. in model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.- v

Be it known that I, PARDON T. PERKINS, of Oswego, in the county of Oswego, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Oorncr- Stays for Trunks, Boxes, 82a, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

is a full, clear, and exact description.

The objectof this invention is'to re-enforce and protect the corners of boxes, trunks, wagon-bodies, carriage-seats, and analogous articles; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of angular plates secured to the corner of the box or other article, as afore- 1 said, all as hereinafter more fully described,

and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an exterior side View of a portion of a corner of a box, trunk, or other analogous article.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section taken on line a: m, Fig. Fig. 4 is an isometric detached view of the corner-stay; and Fig. 5 is a plan view, showing modifications of the construction of the main plate of the corner-stay.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

D and E E represent, respectively, the bottom and two adjoining vertical sides of a box or trunk.

A is an angular metallic plate fitted to and embracing the exterior of the corner of the said box or trunk, and provided at the base with a horizontal web, I), which projects un- 5 der said articleand rests against the under side thereof. The inner vertical sides of the plate A are provided with protuberances or projections, preferably in the form of vertical ribs or tongues c c, which enter indentations 0 or grooves a a in the exterior sides of the artiole, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Said plateA is firmly secured in position, either by means of screws or by rivets, according to the material of which the article is composed, the 4,5 screws being preferred for wooden boxes, and the rivets being better adapted for leather trunks, said screws or rivets passing through perforations in the plate A, andinto or through the sides of the article to which it is to be attached, the rivets being of sufiicient length to sition, said plate, when complete, presenting penetrate said sides and protrude through either a washer or a plate placed against the inner side of the article, upon which plate the rivets are upset or headed down. The plate A, thus secured in position, forms an effective tie or anchor for the junction of the two sides of the article, and afi'ords protection to the external corner of the same. In order to fun ther strengthen said tie, I apply to the inner corner of the article another angular plate, B, corresponding to said corner, and provided at its base with a web, (1, by which said plate rests on the upper side of the bottom of the article. Bot-h the sides and web of said plate B are provided with perforations for the reception of the rivets which fasten the plate A in its position.

The plate A, with its tongues c c and web b,

may be either cast of metal or formed of wrought or ductile metal, with the tongues rolled or otherwise pressed out of the same, and one-half of the web 12 formed on the end of each half .of the plate, and subsequently turned up from a vertical into a horizontal pothe appearance shown in Fig. 5 of the drawlugs.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. The withindescribed corner-stay for boxes, trunks, and analogous articles, consisting of an angular plate adapted to embrace the corner of said article, and provided with tongues or projections adapted to engage with grooves or indentations in the two adjacent sides of the article, said plate adapted to be secured in position by rivets, screws, or other suitable means, substantially as set forth.

2. Aoorner-stay for boxes. trunks, and analogous articles, consisting of an angular metallic plate corresponding to the corner of the box, and provided on its inner sides with tongues for engaging with grooves in the sides of the box, and having at its base a web resting against the under side of the box, and fast- 9 5 ening devices for securing said plate in position, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of a box or analogous article provided near its corners with vertical grooves a a, the angular plate A, provided with the web b and tongues c c, the angular of two attesting witnessesat Oswego, in the plate B, provided with the web (1, and rivets county of Oswego, in the State of New York, 10 or other suitable fastening devices for securthis 19th day of October, 1883.

in said plates respectively to exterior andinr T 136F101 corners of the article, substantially as PARDON PERKIL described and shown. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed CHARLES W. 'BA'RNEs,

my name and affixed my seal, in the presence NEWTON W. NUTTING. 

